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    <h2>BowPad</h2>

    <p>
        BowPad is a small and fast text editor with a ribbon user interface and
        syntax highlighting.
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    <p><script src="https://www.openhub.net/p/641360/widgets/project_users.js?style=blue"></script></p>
    <a class="fancybox" data-fancybox-group="gallery" href="/img/bowpad/BowPadDefaultTheme.png" title="BowPad with default color theme">
        <img src="/img/bowpad/BowPadDefaultTheme-small.png" alt="BowPad with default color theme" width="195" height="94">
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    <a class="fancybox" data-fancybox-group="gallery" href="/img/bowpad/BowPadDarkTheme.png" title="BowPad with dark color theme">
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    <p>A few notable features of BowPad:</p>
    <ul>
        <li>syntax highlighting for over 100 file types and languages</li>
        <li>handling of many different encodings, including UTF-8, UTF-16 and even UTF-32</li>
        <li>easy ribbon user interface</li>
        <li>navigation hints in the vertical scrollbar</li>
        <li>coloring of open tabs according to their path</li>
        <li>extendable with <a href="/BowPad_plugins.html">plugins</a> written in jscript or vbscript</li>
    </ul>
    <p>
        And before you ask: the name BowPad comes from the fact that it uses
        the ribbon user interface.<br>
        Ribbon &rarr; Bow, Editor &rarr; NotePad = BowPad.<br>
        And of course we all know that <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/">Bowties are cool</a>!
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    <h3>Download</h3>
    <p>
        The latest version of BowPad is available for download <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/stefanstools/files/BowPad/">here</a>.<br>
        <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/stefanstools/files/BowPad/">
            <img src="/img/download.png" alt="download" width="125" height="36">
        </a>
        <br>
        If there is a new version available, BowPad will notify you and offer to
        download and install it for you.
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        <h2>Windows 7 required</h2>
        <p>
            BowPad requires Windows 7 or later. It won't work on Windows XP!<br>
            Or if you're using Vista, you have to install the
            <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=166272">Platform Update for Windows Vista</a>.
        </p>
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    <p>
        If you're interested to know about what has changed in new versions of
        BowPad, have a look at the <a href="/BowPad_history.html">change history</a>.
    </p>

    <h3>Source code</h3>
    <p>
        BowPad is licensed under the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html">GPL</a>.
        If you would like to make changes to BowPad, get the <a href="https://code.google.com/p/bowpad/source/browse/">source code here.</a>
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    <h3>Report bugs, ask for new features</h3>
    <p>
        In case you encounter a bug or you have a feature request, please
        create a new entry in our <a href="https://code.google.com/p/bowpad/issues/list?can=1">issue tracker</a>.
        But please first do a search there on all issues (not just the new ones)
        to make sure your issue isn't already reported and/or fixed.
    </p>

    <h3>Translations</h3>
    <p>
        BowPad can show the UI in various languages, but if your language of
        choice is not available, you can help create it. Find out how
        <a href="/BowPad_translate.html">here</a>.
    </p>

    <h3>Plugins</h3>
    <p>
        If you're interested in writing plugins for BowPad, have a look at the
        <a href="/BowPad_plugins.html">documentation</a>. Once you have the
        plugin script ready, create a new issue in the issue tracker and attach
        the plugin there.
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